vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2020-16892: Windows Image Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Oct 13, 2020 | Oct 13, 2020 | Sep 5, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Oct 13, 2020
Added
Oct 13, 2020
Modified
Sep 5, 2025
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows kernel image handles objects in memory.An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application.The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows kernel image properly handles objects in memory., aka 'Windows Image Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4580327microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4580346microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4580328microsoft-windows-windows_10-1803-kb4580330microsoft-windows-windows_10-1809-kb4577668microsoft-windows-windows_10-1903-kb4577671microsoft-windows-windows_10-1909-kb4577671microsoft-windows-windows_10-2004-kb4579311microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012-kb4580353microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4580358microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4580346microsoft-windows-windows_server_2019-1809-kb4577668msft-kb4577671-c42dc613-fb5b-4c45-925c-4f508584a635msft-kb4577671-ddbf4c81-6ca7-4986-999e-9275ef508017msft-kb4579311-e9f0550d-b150-4eeb-bf5e-1a08b117e7afmsft-kb4580353-3e254f1d-7bf3-4f94-8817-a6eb0accedc0msft-kb4580353-59e7e42c-6434-4e0a-bd9f-b504d629f516msft-kb4580358-12cf7c4b-339c-47dc-a087-73a7a0dedf6fmsft-kb4580358-ef30fd6b-8580-4ec5-9190-5cdb4b02f438
References
- CVE-2020-16892
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-16892
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4577668
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4577671
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4579311
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4580327
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4580328
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4580330
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4580346
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4580353
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4580358
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